2020 National Hockey League All-Star Game

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| video3 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wxBypkb_pk Save Streak (Sportsnet's feed)] on Sportsnet's official YouTube channel

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The NHL All-Star Skills Competition was held on the night before on January 24.{{cite press release|title=2020 NHL All-Star logo revealed|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-unveils-2020-nhl-all-star-game-logo/c-308646290|access-date=October 1, 2019|publisher=NHL.com|date=August 26, 2019}} The Fastest Skater, Save Streak, Accuracy Shooting, and Hardest Shot events made their return. A new event, the Shooting Stars, also made its debut, featuring players shooting pucks from an elevated {{convert|30|ft|m|adj=on}} platform behind the goal towards targets on the ice.{{cite press release|title=2020 NHL All-Star Skills highlighted by two new events|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/2020-nhl-all-star-skills-events/c-313922504|publisher=NHL.com|date=January 15, 2020}}

The winners of the five skills events were:{{cite news|title=Complete results of 2020 NHL All-Star Skills Competition|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/live-results-2020-nhl-star-skills-competition/|publisher=Sportsnet|date=January 24, 2020}}

• Fastest Skater: Mathew Barzal, New York Islanders
• Save Streak: Jordan Binnington, St. Louis Blues
• Accuracy Shooting: Jaccob Slavin, Carolina Hurricanes
• Hardest Shot: Shea Weber, Montreal Canadiens
• Shooting Stars: Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks

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{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1= Canadian All-Stars

|team2= American All-Stars

|stadium1= Enterprise Center

|date1= January 24, 2020

|score1= 2–1

|won1=1

|1-1-1=0:54 – Rebecca Johnston (1)

|1-1-2=No scoring

|1-2-1=2:25 – Melodie Daoust (1)

|1-2-2=Hilary Knight (1) – 4:24

|1-3-1=No period

|1-3-2=No period

|goalie1-1=Ann-Renee Desbiens 15 saves / 16 shots

|goalie1-2=Alex Cavallini 14 saves / 16 shots

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;American All-Stars{{cite press release|title=NHL All-Star Weekend adds Elite Women's 3-on-3 game|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-all-star-weekend-adds-elite-womens-3-on-3-game/c-313979224|publisher=NHL.com|date=January 15, 2020}}

• Forwards: Kendall Coyne Schofield, Brianna Decker, Amanda Kessel, Hilary Knight, Jocelyne Lamoureux, Annie Pankowski, and Alex Carpenter
• Defense: Kacey Bellamy and Lee Stecklein
• Goalie: Alex Rigsby Cavallini
• Head coach: Cammi Granato

;Canadian All-Stars

• Forwards: Meghan Agosta, Melodie Daoust, Rebecca Johnston, Sarah Nurse, Marie-Philip Poulin, Natalie Spooner, and Blayre Turnbull
• Defense: Renata Fast and Laura Fortino
• Goalie: Ann-Renee Desbiens
• Head coach: Jayna Hefford

As in the previous four All-Star Games, captaincy of each division was determined by a fan vote, with the 2020 vote running from November 30 to December 20, 2019.{{cite web|title=NHL All-Star Fan Vote to determine team captains now open|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-all-star-fan-vote-to-determine-team-captains-now-open/c-311985966|access-date=December 21, 2019|publisher=NHL.com|date=November 30, 2019}} On December 21, the four captains were announced by the NHL. Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers was selected to captain the Pacific Division for the fourth straight year. Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche was selected for the Central Division for the second straight year (MacKinnon was selected but did not play in the 2019 game). First time captain David Pastrnak of the Boston Bruins was picked for the Atlantic Division.{{cite web|title=McDavid, Ovechkin, MacKinnon, Pastrnak voted NHL All-Star Game captains|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/all-star-game-division-captains-voted-in-by-fans/c-312890724|access-date=December 21, 2019|publisher=NHL.com|date=November 21, 2019}} Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals was selected for the Metropolitan Division for the third straight year, but for the second consecutive year he has opted to abstain from the game to rest.{{cite web|title=Ovechkin won't play in NHL All-Star Game, Capitals forward was captain|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/alex-ovechkin-wont-play-in-2020-nhl-all-star-game/c-313108674|access-date=December 27, 2019|publisher=NHL.com|date=December 27, 2019}} Most of the rest of the rosters were announced on December 30. Fans were further invited from January 1 to January 10, 2020 to vote for an additional "Last Man In" player for each division.{{cite web|title=2020 NHL All-Star Game rosters|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/2020-nhl-all-star-game-rosters/c-313660922|publisher=NHL.com|date=January 15, 2020}} The "Last Men In" elected were Mitch Marner of the Toronto Maple Leafs (Atlantic), T. J. Oshie of the Washington Capitals (Metropolitan), David Perron of the St. Louis Blues (Central), and Quinn Hughes of the Vancouver Canucks (Pacific).{{Cite news|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/david-perron-tj-oshie-mitchell-marner-quinn-hughes-winners-of-all-star-last-men-in-vote/c-313790280|title=Perron, Oshie, Marner, Hughes named Last Men In winners|work=NHL.com|date=January 11, 2020}}

On January 3, the head coaches were announced, chosen from the team in each division with the highest points percentage through January 2, roughly the regular season's halfway point: Bruce Cassidy of the Boston Bruins (Atlantic), Todd Reirden of the Washington Capitals (Metropolitan), Craig Berube of the St. Louis Blues (Central), and Gerard Gallant of Vegas Golden Knights (Pacific).{{cite news | url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/cassidy-berube-reirden-gallant-named-nhl-star-coaches/ |title=Cassidy, Berube, Reirden, Gallant named NHL All-Star coaches|publisher=Sportsnet|date=January 3, 2020}} Since then, the Golden Knights fired Gallant on January 15 following the team's under-performance; the league announced one day later that his replacement in the all-star game would be Rick Tocchet of the Arizona Coyotes, who were first in Pacific on that day.{{cite news | url=https://www.nhl.com/news/arizona-coach-rick-tocchet-pacific-division-replacement-nhl-all-star-game/c-314005774|title=Tocchet of Coyotes to coach Pacific Division at NHL All-Star Game|work=NHL.com|date=January 16, 2020}}

Honorary captains were also named for each of the four divisions: Actors and St. Louis natives Jon Hamm (Metropolitan) and Jenna Fischer (Atlantic), and former Blues players Brett Hull (Central) and Wayne Gretzky (Pacific).{{cite news | url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/kevin-johnson/jon-hamm-jenna-fischer-brett-hull-and-wayne-gretzky-are/article_8fba3f3d-5477-5311-abc9-ecd49ad23c34.html|title=Jon Hamm, Jenna Fischer, Brett Hull and Wayne Gretzky are NHL All-Star Game honorary captains|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=January 23, 2020}}

Referees named to work the All-Star Game were Francois St-Laurent and Justin St. Pierre, and linesman Michel Cormier and Bryan Pancich.

The Anaheim Ducks were not represented by anyone due to Jakob Silfverberg, the Ducks' selection for the game, being excused for the birth of his child.

• ^~ Voted "Last Man In".
• ^† Replaced Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs) due to injury (still attended All-Star weekend).
• ^‡ Replaced Tuukka Rask (Boston Bruins), who opted to abstain from the game to rest.

• Alexander Ovechkin (C) (Washington Capitals) opted to abstain from the game to rest.
• ^~ Voted "Last Man In".
• ^† Replaced Jake Guentzel (Pittsburgh Penguins) due to injury.
• ^‡ Replaced Kyle Palmieri (New Jersey Devils) due to injury.
• ^* Replaced Artemi Panarin (New York Rangers) due to injury.
• ^{^} Replaced Dougie Hamilton (Carolina Hurricanes) due to injury.
• ^# Replaced Joonas Korpisalo (Columbus Blue Jackets) due to injury.

• ^~ Voted "Last Man In".

• ^~ Voted "Last Man In".
• ^† Replaced Logan Couture (San Jose Sharks) due to injury.
• ^‡ Replaced Jakob Silfverberg (Anaheim Ducks), who was excused from the game due to the birth of his child.
• ^* Replaced Marc-Andre Fleury (Vegas Golden Knights), who opted to abstain from the game to rest.
• ^{^} Replaced Darcy Kuemper (Arizona Coyotes) due to injury.
• ^¤ Replaced Gerard Gallant, who was fired from the Vegas Golden Knights.

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| RD2 = Final

| RD1-team1 = Metropolitan

| RD1-score1 = 5

| RD1-team2 = Atlantic

| RD1-score2 = 9

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| RD1-team4 = Central

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{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1= Metropolitan

|team2= Atlantic

|stadium1= Enterprise Center

|date1= January 25, 2020

|score1= 5–9

|won1=

|1-1-1 =2:13 – John Carlson (1)
3:38 – Nico Hischier (1)
5:29 – T. J. Oshie (1)
6:04 – Seth Jones (1)

|1-1-2 =David Pastrnak (1) – 0:26
Shea Weber (1) – 0:49
Anthony Duclair (1) – 6:20
David Pastrnak (2) – 8:28

|1-2-1 = 2:50 – Nico Hischier (2)

|1-2-2 =Jonathan Huberdeau (1) – 4:48
Victor Hedman (1) – en – 5:47
Anthony Duclair (2) – 6:07
David Pastrnak (3) – en – 9:05
Anthony Duclair (3) – en – 9:29

|1-3-1 =No period

|1-3-2 =No period

|goalie1-1 =Braden Holtby 5 saves / 9 shots
Tristan Jarry 8 saves / 11 shots

|goalie1-2 =Frederik Andersen 5 saves / 9 shots
Andrei Vasilevskiy 6 saves / 7 shots

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|team1= Pacific

|team2= Central

|stadium1= Enterprise Center

|date1= January 25, 2020

|score1= 10–5

|won1=

|1-1-1 =2:12 – Matthew Tkachuk (1)
2:59 – Leon Draisaitl (1)
4:42 – Tomas Hertl (1)
9:06 – Quinn Hughes (1)

|1-1-2 =Mark Scheifele (1) – 5:09
David Perron (1) – 7:04
Patrick Kane (1) – 7:18
Tyler Seguin (1) – 9:39

|1-2-1 =0:46 – Leon Draisaitl (2)
2:42 – Matthew Tkachuk (2)
3:34 – Leon Draisaitl (3)
4:45 – Tomas Hertl (2)
7:06 – Tomas Hertl (3)
8:56 – Tomas Hertl (4)

|1-2-2 =Patrick Kane (2) – 1:37

|1-3-1 =No period

|1-3-2 =No period

|goalie1-1 = Jacob Markstrom 3 saves / 7 shots
David Rittich 9 saves / 10 shots

|goalie1-2 = Jordan Binnington 8 saves / 12 shots
Connor Hellebuyck 10 saves / 16 shots

|recap1=

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|team1= Atlantic

|team2= Pacific

|stadium1= Enterprise Center

|date1= January 25, 2020

|score1= 4–5

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|1-1-1 =0:24 – Victor Hedman (2)
1:29 – Jonathan Huberdeau (2)
9:13 – David Pastrnak (4)

|1-1-2 =Max Pacioretty (1) – 6:05

|1-2-1 =3:15 – Tyler Bertuzzi (1)
7:24 – Tomas Hertl (5)

|1-2-2 =Elias Pettersson (1) – 1:37
Leon Draisaitl (4) – 1:44
Elias Pettersson (2) – 5:04

|1-3-1 = No period

|1-3-2 = No period

|goalie1-1 = Frederik Andersen 8 saves / 9 shots
Andrei Vasilevskiy 7 saves / 11 shots

|goalie1-2 = Jacob Markstrom 4 saves / 7 shots
David Rittich 3 saves / 4 shots

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The All-Star uniforms were unveiled on January 8. Like the previous season, each player's respective team logo is featured on the front, but this time they are only rendered in one team color (e.g. the Boston Bruins logo is only rendered in gold instead of black and gold). The striping patterns also added to the front and sleeves to the uniforms are meant to resemble a musical staff to honor the music of St. Louis.{{cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/demetriusbell/2020/01/08/nhl-all-star-game-uniforms-st-louis-gray-white-silver/#3aed644315f8 | title=NHL And Adidas Stick With Grayscale With Unveiling Of 2020 NHL All-Star Game Uniforms | work=Forbes | date=January 8, 2020}}

This year's NHL Fan Fair, featuring various fan activities during All-Star Weekend, was held between Thursday, January 23 and Sunday, January 26 at Union Station.{{cite web|title=NHL Fan Fair comes to St. Louis from Jan. 23-26, 2020|url=https://www.nhl.com/blues/news/nhl-fan-fair-comes-to-st-louis-from-jan-23-26-2020/c-311211354|website=NHL.com|date=November 13, 2019}}

The rock band O.A.R. performed during a concert outside the Enterprise Center prior to the All-Star Skills Competition.{{cite news | url=https://www.nhl.com/news/oar-to-play-outdoor-concert-all-star-friday-night/c-313876154|title=All-Star Friday Night to feature OAR outdoor concert|work=NHL.com|date=January 13, 2020}} The rock band Green Day also gave an outdoor concert prior to the All-Star Game and then performed during the second intermission.{{When|reason=Of which game? A semifinal game or the final game?|date=May 2023}}{{cite news | url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/kevin-johnson/green-day-performing-free-outside-enterprise-center-before-nhl-all/article_860b9d42-de6c-5b0e-a849-656d851599bb.html|title=Green Day performing free outside Enterprise Center before NHL All-Star Game|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=January 16, 2020}}

Awolnation performed during the player introductions before the game. Canadian country music singer Tenille Townes sang the Canadian national anthem while retired St. Louis Blues anthem singer Charles Glenn sang the U.S. national anthem.{{cite news | url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/kevin-johnson/awolnation-tenille-townes-performances-added-to-nhl-all-star-weekend/article_8b6431df-75b6-5b1b-93d7-3fc38014465c.html|title=AWOLNATION, Tenille Townes performances added to NHL All-Star weekend|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=January 23, 2020}}

The All-Star Game and Skills Competition was broadcast in the United States by NBC and NBCSN, respectively. In Canada, both the All-Star Game and skills competition was broadcast in English on both CBC and Sportsnet (under the Hockey Night in Canada banner), and on TVA Sports in French. With the 2021 game being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which would force the NHL to suspend the remainder of the season, this was the last All-Star Game to air on NBC.

As with the 2019 All-Star Game, the league continued testing its new player and puck tracking systems. The league had planned to deploy this technology to all 31 NHL arenas prior to the start of the season, but a change to its primary technology partner has delayed full league-wide implementation until the playoffs.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/bettman-nhl-puck-player-tracking-start-playoffs/|title=Bettman: NHL puck and player tracking to start in playoffs|publisher=Sportsnet|agency=Associated Press|date=January 24, 2020|access-date=January 24, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://theathletic.com/1556415/2020/01/24/after-a-final-test-at-nhl-all-star-game-player-tracking-will-be-ready-for-postseason/|title=After a final test at NHL All-Star Game, player tracking will be ready for postseason|last=Rutherford|first=Jeremy|website=The Athletic|date=January 24, 2020|access-date=January 26, 2020}}

The league also experimented with its digitally enhanced dasherboards, first used at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, for the digital replacement of advertising on the rink boards on selected camera shots. Nine localized feeds were available (expanded from four during the World Cup), including Canada English, Canada French, the United States, as well as the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Finland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, and world feeds. The goal is to eventually deploy this technology for all NHL telecasts, for the benefit of its national and regional broadcasters.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsvideo.org/2020/01/25/live-from-nhl-all-star-nbc-sports-ready-for-tonights-big-game-player-puck-tracking-set-for-expanded-role/|title=Live from NHL All-Star: NBC Sports Ready for Tonight's Big Game; Player, Puck Tracking Set for Expanded Role|last=Kerschbaumer|first=Ken |website=Sports Video Group|language=en|date=January 25, 2020|access-date=January 26, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsvideo.org/2020/01/24/live-from-nhl-all-star-digitally-enhanced-dasherboard-takes-next-step-with-nine-feeds/|title=Live From NHL All-Star: Digitally Enhanced Dasherboard Takes Next Step With Nine Feeds|last=Kerschbaumer|first=Ken|website=Sports Video Group|language=en|date=January 24, 2020|access-date=January 26, 2020}}

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